thu
Aghu Tharrnggala
editNoun
editthu
Further reading
edit- Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
German
editVerb
editthu
Kuku-Thaypan
editNoun
editthu
Further reading
edit- Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
Middle English
editPronoun
editthu
- Alternative form of þou (“thou”)
Old Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun
editthu
Descendants
edit- Danish: du
Old Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.
Pronoun
editthū
Inflection
editOld Dutch personal pronouns
1st person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ik, ic, ih | wī, wīr |
Accusative | mī, mik, *mic | uns, unsig |
Genitive | mīn | unsa, *unser |
Dative | mī | uns, unsig |
2nd person | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | thu, tu | gī, ir |
Accusative | thī, thik, *thic | iu, |
Genitive | thīn | iuwa, *iuwer |
Dative | thī | iu |
3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | hē, hie | sia | it |
Accusative | imo | sia | it |
Genitive | sīn, is | iro | is |
Dative | imo | iro | imo |
Plural | |||
Nominative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Accusative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Genitive | iro | ||
Dative | im |
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “thū”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þū. Cognates include Old English þū and Old Saxon thū.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editthū
Inflection
editOld Frisian personal pronoun declensions
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 214
Old High German
editPronoun
editthū
- Alternative form of du
Inflection
editThis pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Old Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.
Pronoun
editthū
Declension
editOld Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Descendants
edit- Low German: du
Old Swedish
editPronoun
editthu
- Alternative form of þū
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish tú. Cognates include Irish tú and Manx oo.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editthu (emphatic thusa, unlenited tu)
- second-person singular informal pronoun; thou, you
- Ciamar a tha thu, a Dhànaidh? ― How are you, Danny?
Usage notes
edit- thu is used to address one person in a familiar or informal situation. It is used between friends, and to people who are younger or of inferior social rank to the speaker.
- Children are always addressed using thu.
- It is considered distinctly impolite to address parents, grandparents, teachers, clergymen, etc. with thu, in these situations sibh is required.
Inflection
edit- tu (used after verb forms ending in -n, -s or -dh)
See also
editsimple | emphatic | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
first person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne | |
second person | thu, tu1 | sibh2 | thusa, tusa1 | sibhse2 | |
third person |
m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
f | i | ise |
1 Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
2 sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “thu”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
editSino-Vietnamese word from 秋.
Noun
editthu
Derived terms
editSee also
editSeasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category | |||
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xuân (“spring”) | hè, hạ (“summer”) | thu (“fall; autumn”) | đông (“winter”) |
Etymology 2
editSino-Vietnamese word from 收.
Verb
editthu
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Welsh
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /θɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /θiː/
- Homophone: thŷ; (South Wales) thi
Noun
editthu
- Aspirate mutation of tu.
Mutation
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